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Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

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We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

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Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

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The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

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The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

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Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

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I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

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He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

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That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.

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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

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It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.

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Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

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A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

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It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the "dear deceit" of beauty.

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